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Identification apparatus and identification method

  • US 9,805,263 B2
  • Filed: 04/29/2014
  • Issued: 10/31/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for providing a user-interactive interface display regarding at least one vehicle component of a vehicle, the identification apparatus comprising:

  • a memory storing a respective data set for each of a plurality of vehicle components and storing a plurality of identifications of respective combinations of multiple ones of the data sets, wherein each of at least a subset of the data sets includes an image of the respective vehicle component with which the data set is associated;

    an interface; and

    processing circuitry;

    wherein the processing circuitry is configured to;

    receive via the interface image signals obtained from a camera;

    begin a comparison of image data of the image signals with images of the data sets stored in the memory;

    identify a subset of the data sets that is each determined in the begun comparison to include an image matching at least a portion of the image data of the received image signals;

    determine which of the combinations includes at least a predefined threshold number of data sets of the identified subset of data sets;

    use the determined combinations to determine information regarding identification of a model of the vehicle;

    based on a result of the determination of the information regarding the identification of the model of the vehicle, continue the comparison of the image data of the image signals, limiting the continuation of the comparison to images of fewer of the data sets;

    generate, and output to a display via the interface, the user-interactive interface display including an image included in the received image signals with data from the stored data sets that are identified in the continued comparison overlaid on the image, the overlaid data being graphically associated with respective portions of the displayed image identified as corresponding to a respective one of the at least one vehicle component, wherein each of at least one of the associated portions is a selectable region in response to selection of which additional information of the respective data set whose overlaid data is graphically associated with the respective region.

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